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The Memo: Partial Epstein release sparks calls for more

The material released was too little, and what remains in the vaults will be disclosed too late. This is the critics’ view, at least, after the...

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5 takeaways from Trump’s White House address

President Trump delivered an address to the nation on Wednesday night intended to mark the close of his first year back in power. Trump appeared...

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The Memo: Trump’s hold on GOP loosens, a bit

A dramatic defeat on redistricting in Indiana is the latest sign that President Trump’s grip on the GOP is loosening – slightly. Hoosier-state...

14.12.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump battles MAGA vibe shift at end of first year back in power

President Trump is nearing the end of his first year back in power, but he’s in a very different political spot compared with 12 months ago. Back...

10.12.2025 20

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The Memo: Hegseth sees political dangers wane on boat strikes

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got a key moment of respite late this week that could help him bat back a plethora of controversies. The moment came on...

06.12.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump faces waning returns from ‘blame Biden’ strategy

President Trump keeps blaming former President Biden for everything from the cost of living to the recent shooting of two National Guard troops in...

04.12.2025 40

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The Memo: Heat on Hegseth inflames broader debate over Trump’s military actions

The intensifying controversy over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in a fatal Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean is raising new, broader...

02.12.2025 10

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The Memo: 6 Democrats whose stars have risen, or fallen, in 2025

The Democrats began the year in a state of shock after President Trump won back the presidency last November. The party has spent much of the past...

28.11.2025 10

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Trump meets Mamdani in the Oval Office: Winners, losers and takeaways

The oddest of political couples had a startlingly positive meeting Friday afternoon when President Trump came face-to-face with New York City...

22.11.2025 8

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The Memo: Trump meets Mamdani in clash of polar opposites

Polar opposites will collide at the White House on Friday when President Trump meets New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) for the first time....

21.11.2025 10

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The Memo: MAGA tensions are backdrop for Trump’s surprise Epstein U-turn

President Trump’s abrupt U-turn on the Epstein files looks like an effort to take the sting out of an imminent defeat on Capitol Hill. But the...

18.11.2025 20

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The Memo: Looming House vote deepens Trump’s Epstein woes

The Jeffrey Epstein saga is bad and getting worse for President Trump. A House vote looms, likely next week, on whether the Department of Justice...

14.11.2025 5

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Key reasons for Democrats to be hopeful after the election — and cautious

Democrats got a much-needed morale boost on Tuesday when elections across the nation went their way. A party that has been divided and discontented...

06.11.2025 3

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The Memo: Mamdani's triumph ratchets up battle within Democratic Party

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s mayoral race is a political earthquake. It caps a stunning rise from obscurity, gives the left one of its...

05.11.2025 10

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5 things to watch in Tuesday’s biggest Election Day contests

Election Day dawns on Tuesday with four contests commanding the most national attention. In New York City, 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran...

04.11.2025 20

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What to know about Trump and rising tensions with Venezuela

The drumbeat for some kind of military action against Venezuela keeps getting louder. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Trump...

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The Memo: Mamdani raises left’s hopes of a new wave

Progressives are on the march again in the Democratic Party — and the question is whether their momentum can be sustained. The case that the...

30.10.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump rides wave of optimism about potential China deal

Optimism is rising that President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping might be able to de-escalate recent tensions when they meet in South Korea on...

28.10.2025 8

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5 takeaways from the demolition of the White House’s East Wing

The East Wing of the White House is no more. Aerial imagery showed the wing of the nation’s most famous building that has been used by first ladies...

24.10.2025 40

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5 takeaways from Karine Jean-Pierre’s new book

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre published a new book on Tuesday. Jean-Pierre, who served in the role for former President Biden...

22.10.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump betrays irritation after huge 'No Kings' protests

The organizers of Saturday’s “No Kings” protests succeeded in all their main aims: drawing huge crowds, keeping the events peaceful — and,...

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The Memo: ‘No Kings’ protests give anti-Trump movement its biggest moment so far

The anti-President Trump opposition is leaning into its biggest moment so far with the “No Kings” protests that are scheduled across the nation...

18.10.2025 50

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The Memo: Trump turns from Gaza to Ukraine as Zelensky comes to town

President Trump has been buoyed by the ceasefire deal in Gaza, despite the many caveats that hang over the search for a durable peace between Israel...

15.10.2025 30

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The Memo: Anti-Trump opposition leans into mockery to get under his skin

Opponents of President Trump — from street protesters to elected officeholders — are increasingly turning to a different tactic to try to push...

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5 takeaways from the Gaza deal

The dramatic announcement of a deal between Israel and Hamas has raised hopes that a horrific two-year conflict could be at its end. President Trump...

10.10.2025 20

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The Memo: Comey arraignment kicks off high-stakes battle for Trump

Former FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned on Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Va., just outside Washington. The moment will bring...

08.10.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump pushes boundaries of power amid shutdown

President Trump’s push to expand and consolidate power is ramping up on multiple fronts, even as the government shutdown holds center stage on...

05.10.2025 40

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5 takeaways as a government shutdown begins

The government shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday after lawmakers did little to prevent it over the last two days. Republicans are adamant that their...

01.10.2025 30

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Trump, Netanyahu outline Gaza peace proposal: 5 takeaways

President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined a peace proposal for Gaza on Monday in a joint news conference at the White...

30.09.2025 30

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The Memo: Obama enters post-Charlie Kirk debate with 'crisis' warning

Former President Obama’s assertion that the nation is in the middle of a “political crisis” is one of his strongest interventions in recent...

18.09.2025 20

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The Memo: Shocking killing of Charlie Kirk heightens fears over nation’s path

A shot rang out in Utah on Wednesday, and in that moment the United States descended another steep step on a dark path. The known facts are that...

11.09.2025 50

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The Memo: Trump’s all-guns-blazing approach backfires on Epstein birthday letter

The Jeffrey Epstein saga is causing new problems for President Trump. This time, it’s raising questions about the strategy he and his aides have...

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The Memo: Trump suffers sting from flurry of court defeats 

The courts have delivered President Trump a striking flurry of defeats this week on hot-button issues. Even if Trump challenges the decisions, which...

05.09.2025 3

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Ranking the Democratic contenders for president in 2028

Democrats are still licking their wounds from then-Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat last November — and grappling with the implications of...

01.09.2025 30

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Here are the top GOP contenders to succeed Trump for president in 2028

President Trump is dominating the political stage for now. But attention will shift soon enough toward the 2028 race. Trump has at times entertained...

31.08.2025 30

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The Memo: Trump ignites new culture war battle over the Smithsonian — and slavery

President Trump has plunged once more into the nation’s cultural wars — this time with Washington’s famous Smithsonian Institution in his...

21.08.2025 30

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5 takeaways from the Trump-Zelensky White House meeting

President Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday as the search for an end to the three-and-a-half-year war...

19.08.2025 30

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5 takeaways as Trump seizes control of DC police, deploys National Guard

President Trump announced Monday that he was taking control of the District of Columbia’s police and deploying the National Guard. Trump portrayed...

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Trump takes on DC: What’s next in the battle?

President Trump has moved to increase the number of federal law enforcement on the streets of Washington D.C. — a decision he casts as necessary to...

09.08.2025 10

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5 takeaways on Trump's threat to federalize DC

President Trump is threatening to federalize the District of Columbia — and the catalyst is an unusual one. In the early hours of Sunday, a young...

07.08.2025 60

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The Memo: Putin and Netanyahu vex Trump on the world stage

Two foreign leaders have become more vexing to President Trump than he expected: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

04.08.2025 50

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5 takeaways as Trump’s trip to Scotland nears conclusion

President Trump will conclude his four-day trip to his ancestral homeland of Scotland on Tuesday. The final engagement on Trump’s official schedule...

29.07.2025 3

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Five unanswered questions around Trump and the Epstein saga

The controversy over Jeffrey Epstein rumbles on, despite President Trump’s efforts to put it behind him. It’s been almost three weeks since a...

26.07.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump fuels Epstein furor he wants to escape

President Trump and his allies are desperate to move past the Jeffrey Epstein controversy — but their own words and actions are having the opposite...

23.07.2025 50

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The Memo: Trump-Murdoch story takes dramatic new turn with WSJ lawsuit

The tangled and tumultuous relationship between President Trump and media mogul Rupert Murdoch has taken a new, dramatic turn. Trump is suing Murdoch,...

19.07.2025 60

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The Memo: Trump struggles to extract himself from Epstein mire

President Trump is trying, yet again, to climb out of the political mire into which he has sunk over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. On Wednesday, Trump...

17.07.2025 40

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The Memo: Trump adopts new aggressive stance on Russia

President Trump moved to a more aggressive footing with Russia on Monday, promising to funnel weapons through NATO allies to Ukraine and threatening...

15.07.2025 20

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The Memo: SCOTUS clears the way for Trump – and for his successors

The Supreme Court’s decision in a birthright citizenship case, handed down on Friday, has ramifications way beyond President Trump. The big,...

28.06.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump fights to hold on to narrative of Iran win

President Trump is punching back at critics and doubters as he tries to bolster his claim that the U.S. bombing of Iran was a full success,...

26.06.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump pumps brakes, lightly, on joining Israel's assault on Iran

President Trump is pumping the brakes, at least for the moment, on direct U.S. engagement in Israel’s assault on Iran. On Thursday, Trump determined...

21.06.2025 30

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